Hi,
I wrote a script that produces very large numbers that look like this:
9.9761824839787E+15
my question is: Is that an exponent? I’m math challenged… and is there anyway to convert that number to a format that represents that actual number?
thanks
Its scientific notation. something i haven’t used since my chem class in high school 
Yes, and it is possible. Check out this link and look at the samples that people posted down the page a bit.
Good luck with it…
Thanks Guys, I’ll need luck. I didn’t see a way to convert a number from exponent but I;ll keep looking. Tired…
If you’re not looking for precision, try round() or number_format()
The link I sent to you showed samples of using number_format functions which is what you want. You would have to convert it to a long-int or better a string telling it to use 0 decimals or something like that.
If you can’t figure it out, let us know and I might be able to spend some time on it later in the day…